RESEARCH & PUBLICATION

Issue 42 Livelihoods in Depressed Basins of Bangladesh: A Case Study of Derai and Baniachang, Sylhet

In recent decades, Bangladesh rural economy has made significant progress throughtechnological progress in agriculture, development of infrastructure, andadvancement of the rural non-farm economy (Hossain and Bayes 2009). Substantialreduction in fertility (BDHS 2015) has contributed to reduction in the number ofdependants per working members, an increase in school participation of children,reduction in child and infant mortality, increased employment in rural transport, tradeand construction activities. All of this has contributed to increased incomes andreduction of poverty (BBS 2011)..........